umr kī rau badal ga.ī shāyad
ham se aage nikal ga.ī shāyad
lauh par chand TeḌhe meḌhe ḳhutūt
merī sūrat badal ga.ī shāyad
phir charāġh-e-sutūn-e-dār bujhā
aaj phir maut Tal ga.ī shāyad
mai-kade meñ paḌī hai us kī laash
vo phaTī hañDī chal ga.ī shāyad
sarkashī ḳhud-kashī pe ḳhatm huī
ek rassī thī jal ga.ī shāyad
kuchh nahīñ baaqī ab ba-juz ḳhushbū
kyā javānī thī Dhal ga.ī shāyad